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That scent of cool mint or mango that sometimes wafts from the student bathroom or the back of the school bus? It’s the olfactory evidence of growing, widespread use of e-cigarettes by middle and high school students. Federal officials estimate that the number of high school students who use e-cigarettes has risen about 75 percent in the past year to about 3 million students. The Food and Drug Administration recently announced it would ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations, but it's educators who are on the front lines of efforts to curb students’ e-cigarette use.

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